Leslie Carr

Leslie Carr is an accomplished engineering leader currently serving as the Director of Engineering at Fastly, where responsibility includes leading the Compute Platform organization focused on a WebAssembly-based serverless platform at the edge of a CDN. In addition, Leslie works as an Engineering Leadership Coach at Summerstir Solutions, offering guidance for professionals seeking to advance in engineering leadership. Previous roles include Director of Engineering at Trusted Health, where oversight spanned Growth Engineering and Infrastructure, and Senior Director of Engineering at Quip and Slack, managing teams responsible for critical product areas. Leslie has also contributed to organizations such as RIPE as Vice Chair of the Program Committee and served on the board of SFMIX, while continually fostering communicative teams and emphasizing talent acquisition throughout a diverse career in software development and engineering management. Educational background includes a degree from Carnegie Mellon University.